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Jimi Hendrix
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Philosophy Quotes
363 quotes on philosophy and the big questions — from the classics to the everyday.
“You have to give people something to dream on.”
Jimi Hendrix
“Music is my religion.”
Jimi Hendrix
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”
Jimi Hendrix
“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.”
Optimus Prime · The Transformers, 1980s cartoon
“It is you who are the plague, and we are the cure.”
Optimus Prime · Transformers: Age of Extinction, 2014
“We are here. We are waiting.”
Optimus Prime · Transformers, 2007 film
“Sometimes even the wisest of men and machines can be in error.”
Optimus Prime · The Transformers, 1980s cartoon
“Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. But sometimes freedom means sacrifice.”
Optimus Prime · Transformers, 2007 film
“Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.”
Optimus Prime · The Transformers, 1984 cartoon
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.”
Theodore Roosevelt · The Strenuous Life speech, Chicago, 1899
“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
Theodore Roosevelt · Minnesota State Fair speech, 1901
“The plum blooming in February isn't ahead of the cherry, and the cherry in April isn't behind.”
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“Cure the disease and kill the patient.”
Francis Bacon · Of Friendship
“The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it.”
Hippocrates · attributed
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
Friedrich Nietzsche · Twilight of the Idols, 1889
